Tina Fey: One of five good choices.
What makes Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy such an interesting category this year? How strong the field is — given the slim pickings.
There aren't even all that many comedies on TV right now, to start with. And if you remove the ones that don't have lead actresses at all (Two And A Half Men, for one), you're left with a relatively small collection of shows. Mathematically, it wouldn't be that hard for a less-than-stellar performance to sneak through.
Nevertheless, the nominees are all genuinely outstanding. Christina Applegate of Samantha Who?, America Ferrera of Ugly Betty, Tina Fey of 30 Rock, Julia Louis-Dreyfus of The New Adventures Of Old Christine, and Mary-Louise Parker of Weeds — all of them do very good work on very different shows.
How many good performances? After the jump ...
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